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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pageant  \Pag"eant\,  a. 
  Of  the  nature  of  a  pageant;  spectacular.  ``Pageant  pomp.'' 
  --Dryden. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pageant  \Pag"eant\,  v.  t. 
  To  exhibit  in  show  to  represent;  to  mimic.  [R.]  ``He 
  pageants  us.''  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pageant  \Pag"eant\  (p[a^]j"ent  or  p[=a]"jent;  277),  n.  [OE. 
  pagent,  pagen,  originally,  a  movable  scaffold  or  stage, 
  hence  what  was  exhibited  on  it  fr  LL  pagina,  akin  to 
  pangere  to  fasten;  cf  L.  pagina  page,  leaf,  slab, 
  compaginare  to  join  together,  compages  a  joining  together, 
  structure.  See  {Pact},  {Page}  of  a  book.] 
  1.  A  theatrical  exhibition;  a  spectacle.  ``A  pageant  truly 
  played.''  --Shak. 
 
  To  see  sad  pageants  of  men's  miseries.  --Spenser. 
 
  2.  An  elaborate  exhibition  devised  for  the  entertainmeut  of  a 
  distinguished  personage,  or  of  the  public;  a  show 
  spectacle,  or  display. 
 
  The  gaze  of  fools,  and  pageant  of  a  day  !  --Pope. 
 
  We  love  the  man,  the  paltry  pageant  you  --Cowper. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pageant 
  n  1:  an  elaborate  representation  of  scenes  from  history  etc 
  usually  involves  a  parade  with  rich  costumes  [syn:  {pageantry}] 
  2:  a  rich  and  spectacular  ceremony  [syn:  {pageantry}] 




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